[Barek Halfhand]

A shrill streak from an indeterminate animal confirmed my suspicion that there was something more than the amplified recitation of the rosary wafting through the night air that was inciting the frenzied fury of the coyotes... although it did seem like the beginning of “The Apostles Creed” triggered a unified bellowing howl from the estimated 4-5 pack members that were apparently pausing to revel in the now barely audible whimpering of this poor creature in its final death throes...A couple of steps backwards to include the entirety of lager than most monument predicated a trip over a small stone landing me promptly on my posterior following an less than agile countering step or two that failed to circumvent the fall and only added to the momentum...The expletive that I uttered that would have been better suited and accentuated by a crescendo cymbal crash must have competed with amplified rosary recital because the coyotes fell dead silent for a moment ...then at the precise second the Apostles Creed portion of the rosary recycled to repetition again the unified howls erupted again with increased furor and seemingly closer proximity...I heard a familiar voice say: “go now” ...needless to sayI decided not to attempt grade D EVP via cell phone voice recorder to capture that certain voice that seldom breaks silence unsolicited ....

As many of us strive to assign an eschatological significance to the recent surge in paranormal activity, one wonders if the inordinate amount of it which this area in particular is notorious for is related to geomagnetic factors, ley lines, history, Native American lore, random dimensional overlapping, the converging galactic alignment of 2012, the close approximation to Argonne Labs, The nearby mob burial grounds unearthed in the 80's (stay tuned) or the even the fenced off radioactivity contaminated section of adjacent )*Red Gate Woods, few can deny that there is something making this section of the Chicago suburbs a hotbed of supernatural interest ....


More on the net::

http://www.historicstjames.org/

http://www.ghostrese...ites/sagbridge/

http://www.prairiegh...om/stjames.html

http://davidsghosthu...h-cemetery.html

*Red Gate Woods
http://en.wikipedia..../Red_Gate_Woods



Here are the unedited (compressed) photos of my two recent trips to St James ....12/09 (104 total)
http://s831.photobuc...r/St%20James10/



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[Barek Halfhand]

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[Barek Halfhand]

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[Barek Halfhand]

Odd that this is showing up in the same place on different days .....b


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[Tin Foil Princess]

Did the snow make it any better or worse ? Well harder to see rocks maybe LOL sorry you fell on your back side .

[Barek Halfhand]

Tin Foil Princess, on 16 December 2009 - 03:47 PM, said:

Did the snow make it any better or worse ? Well harder to see rocks maybe LOL sorry you fell on your back side .

No when I fell it was dark and I was back stepping when I tripped over the stone that's why I didn't see it ....b



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[Barek Halfhand]

Here are my latest You-Tube videos featuring St James highlights spanning over 4 years of site coverage....b


Historic St James Part 1:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=obms_jm-hg8


Historic St James Part 2:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=HlslejUFiqs